Template:RQ:Topsell Serpents

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1608, Edward Topsell, The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures: [], London: [] William Jaggard, →OCLC:

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This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Edward Topsell's work The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures (1st edition, 1608). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

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  • |1= or |chapter=mandatory in some cases: the name of the chapter quoted from. If quoting from one of the following chapters not from the main part of the work indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:
Parameter value Result
Epilogus Epilogus gratulatorius honorando atque in omni arte, & marte, cumulatissimo viro, D: Ludovico Lewknoro, equiti aurato, et aulicarum ceremoniarum magistro principali. Necnon doctissimo et clarissimo viro d: Thomae Bonhamo, in Medicinis Doctori.
Epistle Dedicatory To the Reverend and Right VVorshipfvll Richard Neile, D. of Divinity, Deane of VVestminster, []
To the Reader To the Reader
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Examples

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  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Topsell Serpents|chapter=Of the Chamæleon|page=116|passage=''[[w:Plutarch|Plutarke]]'' alſo calleth this beaſt a meticulous and fearefull beaſt, and in this cauſe concludeth the change of his colour, not as ſome ſay, to auoyde and deceiue the beholders and to vvorke out his ovvne happineuſſe, but for meere dread and terrour. {{...}} But I for my part doe aſſigne the true cauſe to bee in the thinneſſe of their skinne, and therefore may eaſily take impreſſion of any colour, like to a thin '''fleake''' of a horne, vvhich being layde ouer blacke, ſeemeth blacke, and ſo ouer other colours: {{...}}}}; or
    • {{RQ:Topsell Serpents|Of the Chamæleon|116|''[[w:Plutarch|Plutarke]]'' alſo calleth this beaſt a meticulous and fearefull beaſt, and in this cauſe concludeth the change of his colour, not as ſome ſay, to auoyde and deceiue the beholders and to vvorke out his ovvne happineuſſe, but for meere dread and terrour. {{...}} But I for my part doe aſſigne the true cauſe to bee in the thinneſſe of their skinne, and therefore may eaſily take impreſſion of any colour, like to a thin '''fleake''' of a horne, vvhich being layde ouer blacke, ſeemeth blacke, and ſo ouer other colours: {{...}}}}
  • Result:
    • 1608, Edward Topsell, “Of the Chamæleon”, in The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures: [], London: [] William Jaggard, →OCLC, page 116:
      Plutarke alſo calleth this beaſt a meticulous and fearefull beaſt, and in this cauſe concludeth the change of his colour, not as ſome ſay, to auoyde and deceiue the beholders and to vvorke out his ovvne happineuſſe, but for meere dread and terrour. [] But I for my part doe aſſigne the true cauſe to bee in the thinneſſe of their skinne, and therefore may eaſily take impreſſion of any colour, like to a thin fleake of a horne, vvhich being layde ouer blacke, ſeemeth blacke, and ſo ouer other colours: []